Terre Natale (”Native Land”) is an immersive visualization of human migration data on display at the Fondation Cartier gallery in Paris.
Visitors enter a dark rotunda to discover a mirror-image Earth revolving around the room, printing animated maps and data to the curved wall. Divided into five scenarios, this piece attempts to quantify both voluntary and forced movement across the globe due to political, economic, and environmental factors. The visual aesthetic is primarily cold and terse. Small moments of humor, like the “roulette” visualization during the Remittances scenario, add a moment’s reprieve from what is otherwise a weighty discourse.
Created by the architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro and their selected team of collaborators. Curated by Hervé Chandes and framed by cultural theorist Paul Virilio. On display at the Fondation Cartier in Paris from 21 November until 15 March 2009. For more information see Stewdio Blog itemstagged Terre Natale.